Telescoping drawbar



, July '13, 1948. D. R. CONRAD ET AL TELESCOPING DRAWBAR Filed Aug. 6, 1945 INV EN TORS.

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FM fey/acids- Patented July 13, 1948 DelmarR.

command Frank- M. Reynolds, a San Gabriel, Calif;

'rnovement between the component parts oi -the device after the vehicles are coupled'and before they are brought to tractive position.

A more specific object ofiour invention is to, provide a device which includes a pair o'fIslid.-' in'g members one :of which is adapted to be, connected to' a pulled vehicleand wherein the parts slide until they are moved to a locking position. Another object of the invention is to provide a telescoping device including novelsmeansfor locking the members thereof in tractive position. Another object of the invention is to provide atelescop'ing device includingnoyel means for re-f. leasing the members thereof for relative move ment. i i w v Other objects and the advantages of our inven-. tion will be apparent from thefollowing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, whereintr ,v

Flg lis a planview, with parts broken away,.of j our telescoping drawbar;. Fig.2 is a central, sectional side view through, the drawbar; [j .Fig. 3 is similar View, showing. .the drawbarfinf adifferent position of, adjustment; and

Fig. 4 is cross sectional view taken oni line' 5-5,Fig.3. ,1 Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5 5, 2.

Referring to the drawingby reference characters we have shown ourinvention embodied in a telescoping drawbar which is indicated generally at III. This drawbar; includes a pair, of end members l2 andl3 which aresuitably moi-11 128619 a vehicle l-I These end members are provided with threaded recesses I4 and 15, adapted to receive a tube I 6 which hold the end members assembled.

Theend members are provided with a central aperture through which a pull bar I lLeirtengls;

The projecting end of the pull ba'ri's threadedfas at to receive a coupling member 2|, iv'liiich-is held in position thereon by a pin 22. vThe. cross bar-.ZI includes a cross head '23 'as shown in the drawing. i

The other end of the pull bar I9 is threaded to receive a cylindrical head 25, which tapers outwardly to merge into a cylindrical pilot 2?, and it is held in position by means of a pin 26. From the member l3 extends a rectangular frame 28, the outer wall of which carries an annular guide for the end of this pilot.

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to telescoping drawbars.

Mounted within the chamber 29 we show upper 5 andflower pivoted U-shaped arms 34 and 35.

These arms are mounted onj'pi ns 36 for tilting movement. 'At their ends each arm is recessed together to formfa' substantially cylindrical collar, the internaldiameter ofwhich is slightly; greater thanthat, of the barl9, but which is ess thanthat of the head 25 so'that, when the arms 34, 3 5 are together as sh'o'wnin'Figsl'Z and 5 they surroundjthe pull rod'l9 and are engaged by the shoulder 32 of thehea'd to prevent "forward move ment of the head and'c'onsequently forward 'movemerit of the pull rod I e.

" The arms 34 and 35 are normally urged .to-

wards each other by springs so that th'eynormally as'sume the engaging'position. In order to rock the armsfabout their pivots we providethes'e' arms with. pairsof upper and lower'cam recesses 38 and 39, which are engaged by cam members 40.

These members are disposed in the, lower ends of a stirrup member 4l, which at 42 pivotally connected to the sidewall of the chamber 29. The upper end of thestirrup 4| is pivotally connected to a link 43; which is pivoted to a' bracket 44. The latter is mounted on the lower face of a closure 46,

which'is pivotally hung 'on the frame 28 at 41 and which serves to close the upper portion of the chamber 29. The" closure 46 isprovided witha flange 48 by means of which'it may manually swing into open position'. y 1

'ln'boupling trailers'to trucks or other tractive vehicle-s, wherein the conventional coupling 'joint is provided, ins difficult quickly to couple the vehicles together since'there is no provision made for relatively longitudinal movement between the coupledj elements. With our inventionpwhen the coupling "is' to be effected, the pull barns is released jforff-orward movement by swingin .the cover' 46 into openjposition and the fastening.

member here shownas'a cross head 23 is-.secured to the pulling vehicle. y Y J a As soon the couplingis effected between the head 2 3 andthe tractor or truck, the latter is backed up 'until'the conical surface 33 of the pull bar headiengages the recesses of the arms 34, 35 and forces the arms apart, thus allowing the head 25 "to maven) the position shown in Fig. 2,.where-v,

uponthe springs" 38' pull the arms 34' and 35 into locking position.

When it is again desired to release the bar [9 the portion 48 of the closure is grasped and raised thus causing the arms 34 and 35 to be separated and allowing movement of the head 25.

, If desired a collar 50 may be placed between the end of the coupling member 2| and the adja- 

